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No'. asf/,842.' PATENT'BD m14, 190s. L. A. JUNGMAN. CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1906.

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No. 837,842. PATENTED DEG. 4, 1906.

` L. A. JUNGMAN.

CATTLE GUARD.

APPLIUATION FILED 11u14, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO A. JUNGMAN. OF HAMILTON, TEXAS. CATTLE-GUARD'.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEO A. JUNGMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, in the county of Hamilton, State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Guards; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railways, and more particularly tocattle-guards for use in connection therewith, and has for its object toprovide a guard arranged to prevent the passage of stock over thetracks.

Another object is to provide a guard of simple structure andarrangement', which may be made from sheet-metal, and thus produced at alow ligure, and which may be eas ily and securely fastened in position.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it is to be understood that I do not desire to belimited to the exact details of' construction shown and described, forobvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

In` the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a plan of the present invention applied to a track. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section taken at one side of the central member. Fig.3 is a perspective view ofthe central member. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the forward guard member, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofone of the barbed guard members.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a track including rails 5and crossties 5', and secured between the railsthere are the severalportions comprising the present guard. These portions include what forconvenience will be termed a forward guard member A, of V shape andincluding rearwardly-divergent vertical portions B, havingoutwardly-extending base-flanges C secured to the ties, this member Ahaving its apex disposed upon one of the ties midway between the rails.This guard member is formed integrally of sheet metal bent into thedesired form, as will be readily understood.

Two rearward guard members 6 and 6' are provided, having the same formas the member A, these rearward members including Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application iiled May 14,1906. Serial No. 316,800.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

vertical portions 8 and inwardly-extending base-anges 7. The verticalportions 8 have outwardly-extending horizontal portions 9 connected withtheir upper edges, these portions 9 being notched to formforwardlydirected barbs 9a, having their extremities turned upwardly, asshown at 9'.

The member 6 lies with its apex between the divergent portions of themember A, and the member 6' is similarly disposed with respect to themember 6, the base-anges of the several members being secured to thesides. Inconnection with these V-shaped members there is employed alongitudinallyextending central securing member including a Verticalplate 11, disposed with its forward end in the apex of the member A andhaving cut-away portions 6u and 6b, respectively, which receive theapices of the members 6 and 6', respectively, the vertical portions 8 ofthese members extending into the cut-away portions` Forwardly andrearwardly of these cut-away portions the plate 11 has base-ianges 12and 12', respectively, which are turned horizontally at a common sideofthe plate and which are secured to the ties, and at its opposite sidebetween the cutaway portions the plate 11 has a horizontally-extendingbase-flange 14, which is also secured to the ties.

It will thus be seen that a guard is provided which includes a pluralityof V-shaped members extending one into another, certain of the membershaving roughened upwardly-directed portions, while another member has anunbroken upper edge, the guard including also a strengthening-platearranged to prevent accidental displacement of the parts and forming aportion of the guard, the structure, while being extremely simple,presenting an eHicient arrangement.

1. A cattle-guard comprising a plurality of V-shaped members extendingone within another, certain of said members having upwardlyedirectedbarbs, and certain of said members having smoothed upper portions, and amember engaged with the V-shaped members and extending therebetween.

2. In a cattle-guard, the combination with members having smoothed andbarbed upper portions respectively, of a member disposed at one endagainst one of said first-named members and having a cut-away portion inwhich the second-named member is received.

3. A cattle-guard comprising a plurality of IOO IIO

V-shaped members including Vertical por which the Vertical portionsofthe other memtions and laterally-extending base-flanges, bers areengaged at their apiees, said plate said members extending at theirapices one l having laterally-extending base-flanges. into another,certain of said members having In testimony whereof I aflix my signature5 liteally-extendling barbs at theo uplgberlfl edges in presence of twowitnesses.

o t eir Vertiea ortions, said ar s aving their extremities lurnedupwardly, and a lon- LEO A' JUNGMAN gitudinally-exltending Verticalplate, dis- Witnesses: posed with an end in the apex of one of the M.LOGAN, 1o members and having cutaway portions in W, P. BROWN.

